Interweave Press – publsiher of Interweave Knits, among other magazines – has a brand new site, just for knitting. I’m sure this will be old news for the anglophone knitters, but I’m talking of Knitting Daily.
All you have to do is to sign uo and you will have access to free patterns and you will receive a newsletter, choke full of tips, techniques and how-tos.
As to free patterns, I already added one to my wishlist.